Slip seating with a smelly driver

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  1. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    You should go to the dollar store and purchase a couple different body washes, odor eaters, and stuff like that, then put it in a little gift bag with his name on it. Leave it on the drivers seat so then he gets it in the morning. Maybe then he will get the point and start cleaning his act up.
     
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  3. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    You have not tried everything.
    Get some sardines, in mustard if possible.
    open can put under passenger seat.
    leave truck over weekend for the next smelly driver.
     
  4. upnorthwpg

    upnorthwpg Road Train Member

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    I ended up buying a pet stain remover machine from Bissel. It’s usually in the seat fabric. Steam cleaned the seats a few times. Worked well. And I agree, some drivers are total pigs.
     
  5. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Gallon of gas and a match will fix it for sure.
     
  6. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Who is “they”?

    My issue is that if I agree to do a job, I do that job to the best of my ability. If management decides to change the rules of the game, we have a new agreement. If I don’t agree, I walk. You have to be willing to walk away from the negotiation table OTHERWISE you show a weak hand, and everyone on the other side of the table starts giving you those BS excuses.

    You don’t want to be a maid, you don’t want to drive Stinky’s truck, but you cannot walk. They know you are going to fold. On everything. See the problem?

    “But Six, I can’t walk…my parents…”

    I understand that. I am just pointing out to you why any complaints you may have will fall on deaf ears. They don’t have to ride in Stinky’s truck. You do. If they had to, or someone else who is a solid driver but can walk from the negotiation table, they would get Stinky to quit being so stinky. This is how negotiations work.
     
  7. DixonM

    DixonM Medium Load Member

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    Take a few days off and before you go home put some fresh shrimp or fish in the truck for the other driver . Maybe if he complains about the smell you will be assigned another truck.
     
  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    What’s that extraordinarily foul smelling fish they eat in Sweden? “Hemmering” or something like that?
     
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  9. JoeyJunk

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    That stuff should NOT be breathed in. A friend gave me something similar that was used in prisons.
     
  10. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    surströmming
    Fermented herring ('surströmming')
     
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